This will be an interdisciplinary conference drawing on the work of literary
scholars, historians, art historians and musicologists. The central topic is
the court of King James: its structure; organization; political, social and
aesthetic tastes; impact on local and wider English histories. In pursuing
the court's images and accounts of itself, the conference will include a
full-scale, historically informed reconstruction of the masque

"Oberon, the Faery Prince"

by Ben Jonson, Inigo Jones, Robert Jones and others. Consideration of Oberon
as an instance of Jacobean court culture will include a discussion of the
production with the professional artists involved: stage director,
choreographer and music director.

Plenary speakers at the conference will be:

Prof. Leeds Barroll, University of Maryland

Prof. Peter Holman, University of Essex

Prof. Fritz Levy, University of Washington

Prof. Annabel Patterson, Duke University

Prof. Stephen Orgel, Stanford University

Scholars who work in the area of the early seventeenth century in any
discipline are invited to submit papers (8-10 pages; 20 mins reading time)
or abstracts (2 pp. max) to

Prof. David Evett
Dept of English
Cleveland State Univeristy
Cleveland, OH 44115

or

Prof. T.G. Bishop
Dept of English
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106

Abstracts may also be submitted by email to Dr. Bishop at tgb2@po.cwru.edu

Enquiries or requests for information should be addressed also to the above.

The deadline for submission is DECEMBER 15, 1992.

--
Tom Bishop "Poor Tom has been scared out of his good wits"
Dept of English
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106. (tgb2@po.cwru.edu)